Cardston Alberta Temple
The Cardston Alberta Temple (formerly the Alberta Temple) is the eighth constructed and sixth operating temple of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, also known as the Mormon or LDS Church. Located in the town of Cardston, Alberta, it is the oldest LDS temple outside the United States. It is one of only nine temples that do not have an angel Moroni statue, and one of three that were constructed without spires in a manner similar to Solomon's Temple (the other two were the Laie Hawaii Temple and the Mesa Arizona Temple).
The temple in Cardston was announced on June 27, 1913, and was built on an 8-acre plot given to the church by Charles Ora Card, which was expanded to more than 10 acres in the mid-1950s. The granite used in building the temple was hand-hewn from quarries in Nelson, British Columbia.
Originally dedicated on August 26, 1923, by Church President Heber J. Grant, an addition was rededicated on July 2, 1962 by Hugh B. Brown, and the entire temple was renovated and then rededicated on June 22, 1991 by Gordon B. Hinckley.
The Cardston Alberta Temple has four ordinance rooms, five sealing rooms, and a total floor area of 88,562 square feet.
Latter-day Saint temples in Canada
- Cardston Alberta Temple
- Edmonton Alberta Temple
- Vancouver British Columbia Temple (under construction)
- Halifax Nova Scotia Temple
- Toronto Ontario Temple
- Montréal Québec Temple
- Regina Saskatchewan Temple
See also
- Temple (Mormonism)
- List of temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- List of temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by geographic region
- Comparison of temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints
- Temple architecture (Latter-day Saints)
- LeConte Stewart
References
- Augustine, Nathan. The Cardston Alberta Temple. Nathan's Exhaustive Guide to the Temples of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Retrieved on 2006-12-26.
- The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. Temple Background. Press release.
- Satterfield, Rick. Cardston Alberta Temple. Temples of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saint. Retrieved on 2006-12-26.
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